Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.].

  • Charles Thompson
Date:
1899
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Credit: Zorastro : a romance / by Creswick J. Thompson [pseud.]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    are denouncing thee right and left as a charlatan and impostor. I came to warn thee that even now they are concocting a plot to get thee expelled from the city.” “Nay, look not so serious, old friend,” said Zorastro with a jolly laugh, as he clapped Erasmus on the shoulder. “ I can plot as well as these old addlepates, and we’ll see who will have the best of it. I have heard their vapourings and threats, and to-day have challenged them, by asking the Council to place under my care one Max Teufel, a sergeant of the guard, whose limbs for ten years have been swollen to thrice their proper size. His face is as big as a pumpkin, and he can scarce see out of his eyes.” “I know the fellow,” said Erasmus; “he has tried all the physicians in the city without avail.” “Well, I have publicly undertaken to cure him in a month, and produce him whole in body and limb in the presence of these boast- ing Solons. “ Ho, ho ! ” laughed Zorastro, as he paced up and down the room. “ I can see their faces lengthen out, and their heads wag to-